Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Wikborg Rein appoints new partners in London and Singapore

LEADING international law firm Wikborg Rein
has appointed two new partners to its shipping and offshore team.

Birgitte Karlsen becomes a partner in the firm’s London office,
which she joined in 2011 after two years working as in-house counsel for offshore
oil and gas technology specialist Aker Solutions in Norway. Prior to that,
Birgitte had worked in the Oslo and Singapore offices of Wikborg Rein as a
senior associate.

Birgitte’s work
in the offshoresector
includes structuring international projects,
general risk analysis andrelated
projectfinancing.She also
specialises in helping suppliers in the oil and gas industry to negotiateconstruction andconversioncontracts andcontracts for theoperation of rigs andvessels, including FPSOs.

Finn Bjørnstad, managing partner of Wikborg Rein’s
London office, says, “We are delighted that a person
of Birgitte’s experience, reputation and ability has been appointed as a
partner. She will form an essential part of the team we are developing in
London offering global shipping and offshore expertise and
English law capability. Birgitte’s experience as a legal adviser to a leading
offshore technology specialist is an important supplement to the knowledge base
within the firm.”

Meanwhile, Siri Wennevik has joined the Singapore
office of Wikborg Rein. Siri is a well known and highly experienced
transactional lawyer within the shipping and offshore sectors. She has participated
for both borrowers and lenders in a number of transactions for Norwegian and
international clients.Siri’s work
covers a broad range of commercial and financing shipping and offshore work, including
syndicated facilities and bond financing, and she is particularly experienced
in asset-, project-, and cross-border financings.

Per M.
Ristvedt, managing partner of Wikborg Rein in Singapore, says, “Siri
is an important addition to our growing body of expertise in Singapore, helping
us provide legal advice to clients in Singapore and elsewhere in Asia,
interacting with our other Asian offices in Kobe and Shanghai as well as
elsewhere in the world.”

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Wikborg Rein is a pre-eminent law firm in the shipping and offshore sector, and
a major player on the international scene. Services to the maritime industry
include ship, project and lease finance, corporate, contract negotiation,
offshore and construction projects, sale and purchase, ship registration,
insurance, casualty response, carriage of goods, ship arrest and international
dispute resolution. More information on the firm and its partners can be found
at www.wr.no